The '''DOC file format''' ('''document file format''') usually has the '''.doc''' extension. Mostly these documents belong to [[Microsoft]] [[Word]] software files. However, other text editing software can be used to display these files (including [[WordPad]], [[WordPerfect]], [[OpenOffice]] and others).

Versions 97/2000 encrypt documents with a very weak algorithm. This password scheme can be broken easily by several different products and it is possible to decrypt the contents without discovering the password. This is done by testing all 1,099,511,627,776 possible keys. Ultimate Zip Cracker by VDGSoftware is one utility that can perform this decryption.